| Administrative History | This firm originated as the Flookersbrook Foundry, which was established, c.1805, on the site of the present works in Charles Street. It became a limited company in 1874. In the nineteenth century, it supplied its products, which included hydraulic lifts, cranes, ramps, presses and dock machinery to customers such as the Great Western Railway Company, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, the Port of London Authority and the Admiralty. The company also built port installations for use in places overseas , for example, Gibraltar, Malta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne and Barcelona. The business was based in Charles Street (east side) and Egerton Street |